Humanitarian project «Creative life of the village»
Cultural Institution «Mogilev Regional Methodological Center of Folk Art and Cultural and Educational Work»

1.		Project name	«Creative life of the village» 	
2.		Name of the organization	Cultural Institution «Mogilev Regional Methodological Center of Folk Art and Cultural and Educational Work»	
3.		The physical and legal address of the organization, telephone, fax, 
e-mail	212030, Republic of Belarus, Mogilev region, Mogilev, Pervomayskaya street, 10,
 +375 222 75 98 64 (fax), mogomc@tut.by	
4.		Information about organization	The Mogilev regional methodical center of folk art and cultural and educational work is one of the cultural institutions of the Mogilev region, which has a large, multi-faceted, event-rich history, starting its way as a House of folk art in 1939.
Mission: preservation, revival and development of traditional culture as an important resource that contributes to the formation of the spiritual and moral basis of society.
The main activities of the institution:
     assistance in creating conditions for the support and development of amateur and decorative arts of the population;
     positioning the national Belarusian culture as a part of the world culture by organizing festivals, competitions, conferences, forums, and introducing the region's residents to traditional culture;
     organization of interaction with interested parties to create international platforms for the exchange of experience in preserving traditional culture, demonstrating the cultural diversity of different countries;
     creation and storage of information databases of research and research materials in the Mogilev region of traditional culture, as a resource and base for the work of creative teams;
     providing methodological assistance in the implementation of creative initiatives of club institutions of the Mogilev region for the organization of cultural leisure of the population. 
This is a modern Center that is developing dynamically, using modern technologies in its work and in close cooperation with all districts of the Mogilev region, performs the tasks of accumulating, processing and providing information about the work of club institutions in the Mogilev region; creation of a databank for the development of amateur creativity; provision of advisory and methodological assistance; training of club specialists institutions in modern information technologies; publishing and advertising activities; organization of competitions, festivals and holidays held in the Mogilev region.
One of the most significant cultural events in the life of the Mogilev region can rightly be considered the international forum "Traditional culture as a strategic resource for sustainable development of society", which is held on the initiative of the Center with the support of the Ministry of culture of the Republic of Belarus and the Mogilev regional Executive Committee since 2012 once every two years.
An effective form of cultural development in any region is the holding of festival events that demonstrate its achievements and trends in the development of folk art. Traditionally, the Mogilev region hosts:
     International festival of children's creativity "Golden bee" (Klimovichi), which annually brings together more than 700 participants of creative teams and individual performers from more than 10 countries of the near and far abroad;
     International festival of folk art "Wreath of friendship" (Bobruisk), which in 2017 was attended by creative teams and individual performers from 26 countries of the near and far abroad;
     since 2010, a project has been implemented in the region – the Republican holiday "Kupala" ("Alexandria gathers friends") (agro-town of Alexandria, Shklovsky district).
In 2017, the Center hosted for the first time in the Republic of Belarus the festival of creativity of disabled people of the Union state "Together we can do more", which was attended by 300 people with disabilities from all regions of Belarus and 6 regions of Russia.
The festival was supported by the Standing Committee of the Union state and the Parliamentary Assembly of Belarus and Russia.
A special role is played by the Mogilev regional methodological center of folk art to expand international cultural relations and promote Belarusian culture in the countries of near and far abroad. The center has signed agreements on cultural cooperation with cultural institutions from the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Azerbaijan, and six regions of the Russian Federation.
We are always ready for partnership, mutually beneficial cooperation and development of relations in the field of culture and art.	
5.		Head of organisation	Khmelkov Oleg Fedorovich, director of the cultural institution "Mogilev Regional Methodological Center for Folk Art and Cultural Education Work" 
+375 222 75 99 29, +375 29 360 04 50	
6.		Project manager	Efremova Svetlana Anatolyevna, head of the sector of artistic and aesthetic education of the cultural institution "Mogilev regional methodical center of folk art and cultural and educational work» 
+375 222 75 96 67, +375 29 748 73 50	
7.		Previous assistance received from other foreign sources	No assistance was provided	
8.		AmountRequired (in USD)	45 000 (in USD)	
9.		Co-financing	5 000 (in USD)	
10.		Project realization term:	years 3 	
11.		The aim of the project	To show a bright and unique palette of creativity of people who live and work in rural areas	
12.		Project tasks	     popularization of various types of leisure activities in rural areas;
     identification and support of creative people in the village;
     increasing the level of creative activity of the rural population;
     organization of various forms of demonstration of the results of creativity of people in the village;
     creating a series of TV and radio programs about the creativity of people in the village.	
13.		Detailed description of the project activities in accordance with the tasks set	"Creative life of the village" project is aimed at identifying, developing and supporting creative people in the village.
Target group: residents of rural localities of Mogilev region (children and teenagers, youth and students, pensioners, people with disabilities).
Specialists of the methodological center with specialists of regional methodological services will conduct research to identify the creative potential of residents of the village of 21 districts of Mogilev region to participate in the project.
Activity:
     working together with specialists of district club institutions to identify creative potential in rural areas;
     conclusion of an agreement with the management of the TV and radio company to create TV programs about the creativity of people in the village;
     departure and video shooting of events, the best manifestations of creativity of rural residents in each district;
     creating and broadcasting a video based on the project results;
     creation of a number of TV programs – "Family traditions", "Poets of the hinterland", "Creativity of one village", "Let's Look into the distant past", "Young talents of the village", "Creativity in faces", "Carriers of traditional culture" and others on the regional TV and radio company (TV);
     publication of a collection of materials based on the results of the project, an illustrated booklet, and a collection of poems;
     holding a regional creative marathon "Nathnenne Malaya Radzima" to support folk art, support and demonstrate the creativity of people in the village.	
14.		Project justification	Belarusian culture is very multi-faceted and diverse. Our country can be proud of the preservation of traditional culture: song and dance folklore, rituals and holidays of the national calendar. The most preserved traditional culture in the village. It is the peasant culture that is more firmly preserved and supported by generations of its inhabitants. Today, villagers also engage in various types of creativity, many of which they have adopted from their mothers and grandmothers. Many people are engaged in modern forms of creativity. But, unfortunately, the villagers do not have many opportunities to implement and present their creativity.
Today, more than ever, the spread of bad habits in rural areas has become an acute problem. Therefore, it is necessary to promote alternative forms of leisure activities in rural areas, namely, creative activities.	
15.		Activity after the end of the project	     Identifying the creative potential of rural people;
     creating a database of creative rural people;
     creative people of the village will have the opportunity to establish relationships with like-minded people;
     creating at least 10 TV programs about the creativity of people in the village;
     creative and gifted people will have the opportunity to demonstrate their talent through various forms of cultural events (competitions, festivals, exhibitions), selection of material for performance, recording in studios, creating a portfolio;
   through television programs the public can get acquainted with the cultural life of the village;
     restoring the cultural life of the village with new forms;
     the emergence of new cultural traditions.	
16.		Project budget	50 000 (in USD)